Design for the Benedicite Window

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Creator(s)

artist: Charles J. Connick (American, 1875-1945)

Time period

creation date: 1939

Location

Installation location: window based on design in St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral (Denver, Colorado, United States)

Cultural context

American

Description

Design for one of a series of clerestory windows, the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Denver, CO. Original name of the cathedral (where the window is installed) was Saint John's Church in the Wilderness, current name in use appears to be Saint John's Cathedral. INSCRIPTION: [top center] O YE ANGELS OF THE LORD / BLESS YE THE LORD / [lower inscriptions left to right, top to bottom below "top center"] O YE SUN BLESS THE LORD / O YE MOON BLESS THE LORD / O YE SHOWERS AND DEW / O YE FIRE AND HEAT / O YE WINDS OF GOD / O ALL YE FOWLS OF THE AIR / O YE ICE AND SNOW / O ALL YE BEASTS AND CATTLE / [bottom line:] SPACE RESERVED FOR / MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION / NAMES AND DATES. ARTIST'S LABEL (on mat board): "The Benedicite" / Design for one of a series of clerestor windows in / the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Denver / Designed and made by Charles J. Connick. NOTE ON MAT [bottom right]: Western Exposure

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Work type

Study (visual work)

Medium

cardboard

paint

mat board

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